[ssiguy]

Our future energy and hydrogen future is a fact. Full stop. It is not only the best option, more importantly it is our ONLY option. Yes oil will be needed for a long time due to the production of such things as plastics but that is still a very small component of oil oil demands which will keep oil prices suppressed making only the cheapest of production methods financially viable and in this regard, the oil sands definately doesn't qualify.

Battery power will grow but it's applications are far too limited. Also when viewing battery power we are biased by our Western affluence. The reality is that 80% of the world's population do not live in nice suburban single family homes or modern townhouses but rather apartments..............there is no where for these billions to recharge their battery vehicles.

Hydrogen on the other hand can make use of existing gas stations by rebooting them to hydrogen ones. Battery power is also useless for large industrial and agricultural needs as well as mass transportion of freight, transports, cargo ships, ferries, airplanes, or mid/long distance train travel.